Blood Donors

Long criticized as discriminatory, the policy has prevented many gay and bisexual men from donating blood. The Food and Drug Administration revealed a draft of its new approach on Friday.

The community is looking for blood donations, legal assistance and funds for victims' families.

ADVANCE (Assessing Donor Variability And New Concepts in Eligibility) is a new paid study aiming to determine whether blood centers could screen all people equally, if the FDA would agree to scrap restrictions on gay and bi men, once it analyzes the data.

The shift in health policy in most of the U.K. reverses a decades-old rule that limited donor eligibility on perceived risks of contracting HIV/AIDs and other sexually transmitted infections.

The state’s blood donation centers are sending resources to Texas hospitals affected by Harvey, now a tropical depression. OneBlood is asking Florida...

The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation's blood supply…

The Miami Herald's Howard Cohen often gets to share the stories of regular Miamians through an obituary. His most recent piece looks at Myriam…

Since the mass shooting in Orlando, there has been a huge response from people who want to donate blood. And, while the current blood donations are...

Hundreds lined up to give blood Sunday in Orlando to help the victims of the massacre at a gay nightclub, but major restrictions remain for gay men…